India presses for clean waiver at NSG

The Hindu
Aug 5, 2008

Mumbai (PTI): Pressing for a "clean" and "unconditonal" waiver from the NSG to take the Indo-US nuclear deal forward, India on Tuesday said it does not expect any new conditions since that would nullify the safeguards pact cleared by the IAEA. New Delhi also said its export control requirements has already been harmonised in tune with the guidelines of the the 45-nation Nuclear Safeguards Group (NSG) whose clearance will help the country resume nuclear commerce ending the over three decade nuclear isolation. "We have already harmonised our export control requirements with that of Nuclear Suppliers Group," Atomic Energy Chairman Anil Kakodkar told PTI today, ahead of the NSG's special meeting scheduled on August 21 that will take a call on the nuke deal. "Conditions(new) will only take away from one hand what has been given from the other (consensus at IAEA on India specific safeguards agreement on August 1)," he said. "All we want is a clean and unconditional exemption from the Nuclear Suppliers Group," he said.